it's a little more scattered towards baltimore, d.c., and baltimore, hit and miss. now as far as the new york city area goes, you can see the heaviest of the rain north of new york up into the hudson valley. driving northward or 95 up into new england or 84 through connecticut, the stead iest rains or heaviest rains, that's good. this is more welcome rain for kansas and north texas through the panhandle through oklahoma. that's pretty isolated at this time. there were some lightening strikes earlier. as far as the forecast goes, we are watching on the eastern seaboard that storm system moving through this morning. this afternoon a lot of it should clear out from d.c., to philly to new york. this morning the rain will be with us. through boston, it will linger. texas, you've got some rain heading your way especially today and tomorrow. that's a look at your national forecast. now you can look at the weather outside your window. >>> so the big story as we head into the upcoming weekend will be that heavy rain that will be developing over texas. probably one of the hea